Right and how does he plan to get developers to stick to keeping 50% 'affordable housing'? local authorities have proven themselves utterly incapable of getting developers to stick to their already laughable plans for 'affordable housing' included in new developments- they just cite 'profitability' and reduce, reduce, reduce as they go along - look at recent developments in south London. Without teeth that suggestion of 50% affordable will remain just that - a suggestion. Also defining 'affordable' as 80% of market rate doesn't really help people on average salaries. We need social housing, why not just build it on local authority land instead of letting developers run roughshod over communities?

'The closed Kingsland Fire Station will be demolished and the land it sits on will be redeveloped with no affordable housing – despite warnings that a “sizeable profit” stands to be raked in by stakeholders including wealthy landlord the Benyon Estate.

The firm is in charge of part of Conservative MP Richard Benyon’s family’s property portfolio. It is managed by the MP’s brother Edward Benyon and comprises some 300 properties in De Beauvoir Town.'